Add dates or locations to reminders on Mac

You can be reminded when individual reminders are due, or when you arrive at or leave a location, such as an address or your car. If you set both types of notifications for a reminder, you’re notified either at the time you specify, or when you arrive at the location, whichever comes first.

For example, If you have a reminder to buy a new dress, you can set a notification to alert you when you arrive at the shopping center.

Note: All Reminders features described in this guide are available when using upgraded iCloud reminders. Some features aren’t available when using accounts from other providers.

Add a reminder for a date and time

In the Reminders app on your Mac, move the pointer over a reminder, then click the Info button .

Select the On a Day checkbox, click the date, then either use the calendar to pick a date or type the date in the month, day, and year fields.

Select the At a Time checkbox, then type a time in the hour and minute fields.

If you want this to be an all-day reminder, leave the At a Time checkbox unselected.

If you want to be reminded on a repeating schedule, place the pointer over the current repeat option, click the pop-up menu, then choose an option.

To set the event to repeat on a schedule not included in the menu, choose Custom, choose an option from the Frequency pop-up menu, then enter your custom settings:

Daily: Enter the number of days between each repeat. For example, to create an event that occurs every other day, enter the number 2.

Weekly: Enter the number of weeks between each repeat, then select the days of the week you want the event to occur on. For example, you can create an event that occurs every 3 weeks on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of that week.

Monthly: Enter the number of months between each repeat. To make the event occur on the same day of the month each time it repeats (for example, on the 4th and 19th day of each month in which the event occurs), select Each, then click the days of the month on which you want the event to occur.

You can also make the event repeat according to a pattern (for example, on the last weekday of each month in which the event occurs). To set up a pattern, select “On the,” then choose options from the pop-up menus.

Yearly: Enter the number of years between each repeat, then click the months in which you want the event to occur.

You can also make the event occur according to a pattern (for example, on the third Thursday of each month in which the event occurs). To set up a pattern, select “On the,” then choose options from the pop-up menus.

If you just want the reminder notification to reappear until you complete it, leave “repeat” set to None. When the notification appears, you can click Later, then choose Ignore.

To set a time to be reminded about all-day reminders, choose Reminders > Preferences, then select the Today Notification checkbox and enter the time you want to be reminded.

You can also choose whether to show all-day reminders as overdue. Choose Reminders > Preferences, then select the “Show all-day reminders as overdue” checkbox. When this option is selected, all-day reminders are shown as overdue starting on the next day.

Reminders that have a time-based notification appear in the Scheduled list as well as in their original reminder list.

Reminders you’ve received appear in the Today view of Notification Center. You can turn off Reminders notifications in Notifications preferences. To silence notifications temporarily, Option-click the Notification Center icon in the menu bar.